Southwest Point
Southwest Point is a cape in Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida. Southwest Point is situated nearby to the locality Stiltsville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower and Crandon Park.
Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower
Lighthouse
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The Cape Florida Light is a lighthouse on Cape Florida at the south end of Key Biscayne in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Constructed in 1825, it guided mariners off the Florida Reef, which starts near Key Biscayne and extends southward a few miles offshore of the Florida Keys. Cape Florida Old Lighthouse Tower is situated 2 miles southeast of Southwest Point.
Crandon Park
Park
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Crandon Park is an 808-acre urban park in metropolitan Miami, occupying the northern part of Key Biscayne. It is connected to mainland Miami via the Rickenbacker Causeway. Crandon Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Southwest Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Key Biscayne and Stiltsville.
Key Biscayne
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Key Biscayne refers to both a tropical island just southeast of Miami and a village on that island. The Village of Key Biscayne, incorporated on June 18, 1991, is in the center of the four-mile-long, two-mile-wide barrier island between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay.
Stiltsville
Locality
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Stiltsville is a group of wood stilt houses located one mile south of Cape Florida, on sand banks of the Safety Valve on the edge of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Stiltsville is situated 2½ miles south of Southwest Point.
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Southwest Point
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “South West Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Miami-Dade County, Greater Miami, Florida, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.68621° or 25° 41′ 10″ northLongitude
-80.1781° or 80° 10′ 41″ westOpen location code
76QXMRPC+FQGeoNames ID
4173715
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